2 . Charisius picturatus Champion Fig. 4

Charisius picturatus Champion (1893: 565, pl, 23, fig. 21); Campbell (1965: 48, Figs 10, 17).

Type.

Lectotype, male, Omilteme, Guerrero, Mexico 8000 ft (Campbell 1965: 48). The specimen is in the BMNH.

Distribution and records.

This species was described from one male and one female from Omiltemi, Guerrero, Mexico. I have provisionally assigned two additional females to this species.

MEXICO: Mexico: San Cayetana, Villa de Allende, 16.IX.1953, V Aquilar Vegs. (CNCI) 1. Oaxaca: Route 190, 33 mi NW Oaxaca, 4-5.IX.1967, G Ball, TL Erwin, RE Leech (CNCI) 1.

Remarks.

These specimens agree in all respects with those previously described by Champion except that the overall coloration is a darker reddish-brown. The specimen from Oaxaca was collected from an oak forest.